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Health 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ovary | A gland that produces estrogen and ova. Ova are female reproductive cells. And ovum Is one egg |
| Fallopian tube | 4 inch long tube through which Ova move from an ovary to the uterus |
| Uterus | In organ that supports a fertilized egg during pregnancy |
| Cervix | The lower part of the uterus that connects it to the vagina |
| Vagina | Tube The connects to the outside of the body |
| Penis | Male sex organ used to pass urine or to reproduce |
| Scrotum | The snack like pouch that holds the testes |
| Testes | To glands that produce testosterone and sperm |
| Seminal vesicles | Two small glands that make a fluid with sugar in it to help sperm move |
| Vas deferens | One or two long tubes through which sperm passes from the testes to the urethra |
| Prostate gland | Land that makes fluid that helps sperm stay alive |
| Urethra | Nero tube through which urine and semen out of the body |
| Puberty | Part of adolescence when the reproductive system becomes mature |
| Second sex characteristic | Those features that distinguish the two sexes |
| Heredity | Those characteristics and traits passed down from biological parents to their offspring |
| Hormone | I’m a call made in one part of the body that is carried through the bloodstream and causes a change in another part of the body |
| Contraceptive | Device, product or behavior that prevents pregnancy |
| Abstinence | Conscious decision not to participate in intimate sexual activity |
| Conception | The act of becoming pregnant |
| Pre-eclampsia | A complication of pregnancy characterized by hypertension |
| Ectopic pregnancy | Egg is planted outside of the uterus, usually in fallopian tube |
| Edema | Weight gain due to water retention |
| Embryo | Organism in the earliest stage of development until ninth week into pregnancy |
| Fetus | Developing human organism from nine weeks after conception |
| Fetal alcohol syndrome | Affected infant develop mental retardation that leads to mental disability and effect coordination and balance and hyperactivity |
| Implantation | When the fertilize egg implants onto the endometrium, inner lining of the uterus |
| Zygote | Fertilized egg |
| First trimester | First three months of pregnancy |
| Second trimester | When fetal movements are felt |
| Third trimester | Rapid fetal growth that gives way to Braxton Hicks contradictions immediately prior to delivery |
| Sexual abstinence | The refusal to take part in sexual activity |
| Sexually transmitted disease | A disease caused by germs that are spread from an infected person To an uninfected person doing intimate and sexual contact |
| Genital herpes | An STD/STI caused by Biris that produces cold sores and blisters in the pubic area and in the mouth |
| Human immunodeficiency virus | A germ that destroys helper T cells in the body |
| Acquired immune deficiency syndrome | Condition that results when HIV infection causes a breakdown of the body’s ability to fight other infections |